Wednesday morning, Gov. Laura Kelly signed the bill into law.
"I felt like, for the first time that people get it, that they understand there's a problem, the suicide rates are a problem," Dennis said. "And that this was such a positive win for the state of Kansas."
As the bill made its way through the statehouse, many more stories surfaced of families who went through the same thing.
Kristi Khan of Colby lost her son, Kai, who was transgender. He'd also been on this same website.
"When I reached out to the detective on my son's case and said, 'Did you see all this?' and he's like, 'Well, it's not against the law,'" Khan said. "So I am beyond thrilled to see that Kansas is doing this. And I'm hoping that other states will see this and follow suit."
Jill Janes, who lost her son Max, said that while she's thrilled the bill will soon become law, there's still a lot of work to do to prevent suicide in Kansas, it's the second leading cause of death for people 15 to 34.
"I would be encouraging families to have these discussions around the dinner table," Janes said. "This needs to be something that has to be talked about. Because if the next time this story hits the news is because someone's going to jail for it. That's a shame. Right? You need this message out there, over and over and over reminding Kansans that this is now against the law so that it changes behavior."
The effort to criminalize suicide encouragement was saved earlier this month… when representative Stephen Owens of Hesston, amended one of his bills to include it on a list of new crimes.
Owens has his own personal connection to this new law.
"I lost a brother to suicide myself when he was 18," Owens said. "I know how vulnerable people are when they're having that mental health crisis. And the last thing that they need is somebody on the other end of a phone or someone on social media, that is taunting them, that is encouraging them."
The law goes into effect July 1st.